Pandy asked UK citizens are now automatically opted-in …

I hate it and would opt out. My body, my choice. Also, I wouldn't trust hospitals not to kill me or let me die so they could use my organs. This is yet more proof that government thinks they own people. Even if they let you opt out, you shouldn't have to. You should have to opt in if you want. #Anarchism #Voluntaryism

AJS · 4y

omg a thing the uk is actually doing right??? unbelievable!

Lulu · 4y

I could care less what y'all do with ma organs once im gone

IAWIA · 4y

You may reuse whatever is fit after my death or feed plants with my ashes.

Kate Matsuda · 4y

I’m opted in. In the USA, we usually declare whether we’d like to be donors or not when we obtain our driver’s license.

LaDamaX · 4y

Sounds very intrusive on the part of your government. People should have some say in the comings and goings of their biology, be it posthumously or while still alive.

Alice 💋 · 4y

I think that's wack. as an individual I am very much for organ donation and donating your body for scientific/academic purposes of your own accord, but that should not be the default for everybody. if you want more people to voluntarily sign up to be organ donors after death then incentivize it for the donors and their families somehow. don't try and slyly force people into it. this just doesn't sit right with me. I don't know what kind of bureaucracy is wrapped up in all of this but I could easily imagine a scenario where people and their families are either 1) unaware of this new rule and/or 2) unable to have the decision overturned because of legal bullshit, and consequently have their deceased loved one's bodily integrity violated against their wishes. seems like an easy way to take advantage of people

Teo · 4y

Sharing organs seems irksome and Frankensteinian to me, but I guess it's the compassionate thing to do.

inhahe · 4y

https://youtu.be/Sp-pU8TFsg0

Ed Hunter · 4y

I think it's insane. I would opt out.

Wasserpistole · 4y

Personally I think it should be the other way around, the default should be out with the opt-in available - you or an approved next of kin should have to specifically authorize what happens to your remains - if no one or there are any doubts, then no action should be taken on the remains - feels over the line to me...I'm curious - how do they square this with certain religions who have specific burial customs or beliefs that are conflicting? if someone of that faith somehow dies without opting out are they just going to be defiled?

Pandy · 11 answers · 4y